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driven into the bottle, thus insuring the comi at lineX X, Fig. l, and Fig. 3 is a section ver- UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

EDWARD J. BOYD, on NEW YORK, iv. Y.

BoTTLE-ooRK-ING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 527,477, dated October 16, 1894.

Application tiled July 9, 1894. Serial No. 516.907. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it 4mayconcern;V

Beit known that I, EDWARD J. BOYD, a citizen ofthe United Statesresiding in the city and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Bottle-Oorking Apparatus, of which the following isa specilication.

Devices have heretofore been constructed in which a cork is received into a socket and pressed laterally so as to reduce its diameter, and a plunger has been brought down to act upon the upper end of the corkto drive it into the bottle, and in other instances machines have been made in which soda water orotherliquid underpressurehasbeen passed into a bottle, and the cork has been inserted `without the pressure upon the liquid being materially reduced. i

The present invention applies especially to liquids that are not effervescing, and in which it is desirable to apply carbonio` acid gas at the neck of the bottle to displace the atmosphere previous to the insertion of the cork, in order that the contents of the bottle may not be in any manner injured by the presence of oxygen.

In my improved apparatus I employ a bottle cork-receiving socket and a compressing device somewhat similar to devices of the general character that have heretofore been used, and I combine with the same a pipe for the introduction of carbonio acid gas under p corking operation.

pressure, and a valve that is .operated autof 1 matically to admit the gas to Iiowinto the neck of the bottle and displace the atmospheric air immediately before the cork is plete displacement of the atmosphere in the bottle above the liquid, and the apparatus is easily regulated so as to admit more or less gas and little or no additional attention is required by the workmen in performing the In the drawings, Figure lis an elevation partially in section representing the present 5o i is placed, so that the mouth of the bottle improvement. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view tically through the socket that receives the cork at the opening for said cork.`

The socket Ais made with a flange, 2, against which the side of the bottle neck, B,

i comes immediately below the circular open` ing 3, through the bottom of the socket, A and this socket A issupported by a suitable head, (J, of the ordinary bottle corking machine, and through this head, O,passes the Vertical bar, D, that receives a vertical movement from a treadle or lever as common in bottle stopping machines; and in this bar D, isa slot, 4, that acts upon a roller, 5,` in the presser E, such presser being slotted for the passage of the vertical bar, D, and the presser has a half cylindrical end for acting upon the cork, F, and compressing the same between the half cylindrical end of the socket, A, and its own end, so that the cork is ready to be driven down through the hole, 3, into'the neck of the bottle, B, by the action of the plunger,

G, that is upon an arm extending outwardly from the `vertical bar, D. These parts being known in bottle stopping machinery do not require further detailed description. i

My improvement relates to the combina` tion with the foregoing devices of a supply pipe, H, preferably exible, through which carbonio acid gas passes from a suitable reservoir or holder, and this pipe, H, is connected with the lower end of a valve case, K, in which is a valve,`I, opening downwardly against the action of the spring, 6, and the stem, 7, of the valve, I, passes up through a suitable packing, L, to the lever, N, pivoted at 9 and extending out toward the plunger G, upon which plunger, G, is an adjustable finger O, that acts upon the end of a lever, N, as the plunger is moved downwardly, and said nger O opens the valve I to admit the carbonio acid gas to pass by the lateral opening or tube, 10, and the branch l1, that goes down through the socket A, to the opening 3, so that as the valve, I, is opened, a jet of carbonio acid gas is directed downwardly through the tube 11, into the neck of the bottle, and displaces the atmospheric air in the bottle in consequence ofthe superior weight of the carbonio acid gas. i

It is `to be understoodthat in using this api within the socket adjacent to said opening, 3,

and as the vertical bar, D, is brought down `by the action of the treadle, the presser, E,

atmospheric air, which rises and passes by the cork which is loose in the holder and by the.

time this has been accomplished, the lower end of the plunger, G, is adjacent to the upper end of the cork, F, and said cork, F, is then bodily carried down into the neck of the bottle and the operations are complete, and upon liberating the treadle, the bar D, is carried up vertically, by a spring or other suitable means, and the parts are returned to their normal condition.

.The finger, O, is clamped upon'the plunger, G, in the proper position, so that as it is carried down by the plunger and acts upon the lever N, it opens the valve, and then the tinger O, passes by the end ot' the lever, N, and the valve, I, is closed by the spring, 6, shutting 0E the supply of carbonio acid gas, and as the plunger, G, is raised along with the vertical bar, D, the finger, O, simply lifts the lever, N, as it passes by, and the lever, N, drops back again by gravity or by the action of the spring, l2, into its normal position,

ready to be acted upon again by the down- Ward movement of the bar, D, and plunger, G.l

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination With the cork receiving socket, having a flange for the bottle neck and an opening in line with the mouth of the bottle and a cork presser, of the vertically sliding bar, a plunger `carried by said bar, a spring valve and lever, and a pipe for supplying gas under pressure, andan opening leading from valve to the socket above the mouth of the bottle for supplying the gas automatically into theneck of the bottle to displace the atmosphere, which rises and passes by the cork which is loose in the holder substantially as set forth. Y 2. In a bottling apparatus the combination With the device for pressingand inserting the cork, of a spring valve, a lever, a finger for actuating the said valve, a supply pipe for a gas under pressure, there being anXopening leading from the valve to the mouth of the bottle, so that a gas under pressure is allowed to pass into the bottle above the liquid conp tents thereof and displace the air which rises and passes by the cork which is loose in the holder immediately before the cork is driven into the bottle, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 6th day of July, 1894.

EDWARD J. BOYD.

lWitnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, A. M. OLIVER. 

